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Farm Kitchen:  Bread the MaryJane Way  |
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
485 Posts
Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
485 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 09 2011 : 11:43:59 AM
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If I forgot when I started making the starter, what is a good way to determine when it is ready to use?
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SarAvery
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
Sara
West Stockbridge
MA
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - Jul 08 2011 : 05:47:32 AM
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Good Morning Ladies!
I started a sourdough starter 6 days ago. It is watery, doesn't have any bubbles, and does not look anything like the picture in the book. I did a search to figure out what I did wrong, but couldn't find an answer. I am hoping you can help.
What did I do wrong and can I still use it?
Thanks so much!!
Sara
Farmgirl #3137
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Farmers Daughter
True Blue Farmgirl
90 Posts
DiAnn
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Posted - Jul 27 2011 : 11:57:19 AM
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Seen your post, but not totally sure what could be going on with your starter. Just know that mine took a few weeks to fully develop. The first few loaves that I made were made with the recipe that was given on page 13 of this topic- The San Fansico style bread. Great recipe to use till your starter develops. After reading about all the rock that were being baked while waiting for starter to develop, just didn't want to waste all the ingredients just trying. It took about 3 weeks before I let the starter do it on it's own. If you have time go back to the beinging of this topic and check some past posts you might find an ansewer. But if it smells ok and isn't moldy. Then I would think it just might need a bit more time.
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Peggy stephens
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
peggy
luverne
alabama
USA
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Posted - Aug 22 2011 : 09:39:49 AM
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I am new to the Farmgirl but like reading all the interesting tips you have. I have a small candy business and I need a good recipe for a sweet/spicy mix. Does anyone have a good one?
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violetrose
True Blue Farmgirl
960 Posts
Ruth
Epworth
GA
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2011 : 5:13:36 PM
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Peggy, I just saw your post here on MJF Sour Dough Bread page, I think you might want to re-post your topic under Farm Kitchen, you can hit: start a new topic then type in your question - think you will get some responses there.
Welcome to the Farm - I know you will enjoy all the wonderful ladies that call ourselves :"Farmgirls"
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Ruth
Farmgirl Sister # 1738
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
7714 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
7714 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2011 : 1:45:40 PM
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How pretty and yummy that looks.
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Originally posted by Littleredd
SUCCESS!! I got the bread right! Yaaaaaay! This is what I did: I followed all the directions exactly as they say in the book. The first rise was ho hum and about 6 hrs long. For the second rise, I put it in a casserole dish and put it on a heating pad like for your back pain with a damp towel over it and let it rise until it truly was doubled in bulk which took about 6 hours. The lack of moisture in the air and cooler temps really does make winter time breadmaking a little trickier. Anyway, popped it in the oven and got this!
I found it doesn't bake all the way through often so I turn the heat down to 400 or 375 and let it it sit in another 5-10 mintues after the 15 mins is up. Lower middle rack is best...um what else did I do...sliced the top because it wants to split on the sides and it releases the pressure from rising. Anyway, yay! Can't wait to slice it up!
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Nov 19 2011 : 03:57:43 AM
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There are family jokes about me and bricks. At this point, I only use my bread machine to make pizza dough. I am going to try this.
“It always looks darkest just before it gets totally black.”-Charlie Brown |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2011 : 08:47:03 AM
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Originally posted by willowtreecreek
Lara here is a recipe index. Enjoy!
Mary Jane’s Bread Article pg. 1
Baked French Toast with Apples and Nuts pg. 12
Pancakes pg. 13
San Francisco Style Bread (Ronna) pg. 13
Old Fashioned Biscuits (celticheart) pg. 17
Pancakes (celticheart) pg. 17
Croutons pg. 18
Waffles pg. 19
Buttermilk Biscuits pg. 27
Whole Wheat Biscuits pg. 27
Basic Biscuits pg. 27
Pizza Crust pg. 32
Bagels pg. 43
English Muffins (Ronna) pg. 45
Carrot Cake pg. 47
Bread Machine White Bread w/ added yeast pg. 49
Pecan/Date Bread pg. 51
Dog Treats pg. 53
Banana Cake (pearlgirl) pg. 54
Honey Wheat Oatmeal Bread (parisknight) pg. 62
Croissant pg. 63
Mary Jane’s Flour pg. 63
Pumpernickel Bread pg. 65
Chocolate Chip Cookies (GailMN) pg. 66
Cake-Like Brownies pg. 67
Sideways Sourdough Fruit Cake (lupinelady99) pg. 67
Sourdough Gingerbread with Lemon Sauce (lupinelady99) pg. 67
Drying Starter (Ronna) pg. 67
Sourdough Bran Bread (lupinelady99) pg. 67
Sourdough Applesauce Cake (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough Chiffon Cake (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough Spice Cookies with Maple Frosting (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough Oatmeal Cookies (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Black Bean and Chipotle Bread (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Seven Grain Cereal Bread (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough Oatmeal Coconut Cookies (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough Sugar Cookies (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Sourdough pretzel recipe (lupinelady99) pg. 68
Increasing Starter for more baking pg. 72
Too sour starter discussion/tips pg. 72
Oatmeal Quick Bread pg. 74
Sourdough Blueberry Muffins pg. 76
Blueberry Sourdough Breakfast Bread pg. 76
Chocolate Bread pg. 76
Sourdough Rolled Chocolate Cookies pg. 76
Shelburne Chocolate Waffles pg. 76
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns pg. 77
Tomato Basil Garlic Farmhouse White pg. 77
Adding Starter to recipes (Ronna) pg. 77
Starter Safety (Ronna) pg. 77
Freezing Starter (Mary Jane) pg. 78
Sourdough Peanut Butter Cookies (GailMN) pg. 78
Rocky Mountain Corn Bread pg. 78
Dakota Prairie Muffins pg. 78
Doctor’s Sourdough Bread pg. 78
Sourdough Applesauce Donuts pg. 78
Converting Recipes & Reactivate Starter (Mary Jane) pg. 78
Adding sourdough to non-bread recipes (Willowcreek Julie) pg. 78
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mcorwin
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Megan
Ohio
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Posted - Mar 12 2012 : 6:36:30 PM
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After all these great ideas listed here, I started my MaryJane bread today. Can't wait for a week to bake my first batch of bread!
Farmgirl #3285
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farmdreamer
Farmgirl in Training
24 Posts
Pat
Stites
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 08:36:56 AM
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| Help please! I have been looking for the original MJ artisan bread article and I can't seem to find it. I keep getting sidetracked reading articles that grab my attention in my back issues. Just got interested in sourdough and wanted to try the original first. Hope someone can find it for me. |
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motherhen
Chatroom Moderator
42 Posts
Henrietta
Moscow
Idaho
USA
42 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 08:39:58 AM
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PatioFarmgirl
Farmgirl in Training
16 Posts
Nicole
Newark
DE
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2012 : 05:24:07 AM
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nanr42
True Blue Farmgirl
160 Posts
Nan
WALDPORT
Oregon
USA
160 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2012 : 7:41:21 PM
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Chocolate waffles? Chocolate waffles? Really?
Does the bread always taste like sourdough? I like sourdough bread,but not all the time.
thanks for that index for the recipes.
I really want to make myb own bread again, but I'll be moving sometime, and I do n't have a lot of time or energy to do the usual. And then clean it up.
I use MJBakeover mix a lot.
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mrsamy
True Blue Farmgirl
167 Posts
Amy
Milwaukee
WI
USA
167 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2012 : 09:42:34 AM
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Nicole...try moving Mother to a different part of kitchen. Is she good and bubbly soon after feeding? If so, she should rise up nice and high. When I let mine rise,I heat up some water in coffee mug in the microwave will I mix up my dough. I take out the mug, put my bread in there to rise (and unplug that sucker). It is warm, not to moist, draft free and relatively safe from little hands. Maybe a different rising spot will help.
Nan...it doesn't always taste really sour. My parents don't like sour sourdough, but like my bread. The waffles almost taste more like buttermilk that sourdough. Haven't done chocolate yet, though.
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PatioFarmgirl
Farmgirl in Training
16 Posts
Nicole
Newark
DE
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2012 : 4:14:22 PM
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Thanks Amy, I'll give your tips a try  |
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karinf
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
Karin
Lake City
Tn.
USA
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Posted - May 01 2012 : 6:39:02 PM
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Originally posted by farmdreamer
Help please! I have been looking for the original MJ artisan bread article and I can't seem to find it. I keep getting sidetracked reading articles that grab my attention in my back issues. Just got interested in sourdough and wanted to try the original first. Hope someone can find it for me.
Hi. The article I go by was in the Simply Bee Issue, Feb-Mar 2009, starting on page 66. I make it all the time now. However, my bread is never as pretty as pictures here. My crust is crusty, and the innards are a little crumbly.
Karin...
Getting Back to My Farmgirl Days |
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Kim
Arizona
206 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2012 : 9:24:47 PM
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Yesterday I took my starter out of the refrigerator and got it going again. Already it is bubbly and smells so yeasty. Pancakes for breakfast in the morning! Won't be long till till I can bake bread again too.
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Marylyn
True Blue Farmgirl
316 Posts
Marylyn
Ellsinore
MO
USA
316 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2012 : 11:08:02 PM
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My first Mary Jane magazine was that issue....I bought it for the bee article and in a weeks time was making sour dough bread. Then I subscribed and three years later, well, here I am! Love that original magazine that I bought!
Love,
Auntie M
Farmgirl # 4062
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campchic
True Blue Farmgirl
312 Posts
Erin
Nebraska
USA
312 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2012 : 11:35:05 AM
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Any one done this gluten free?
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shawneefarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
91 Posts
Linda
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2012 : 05:20:57 AM
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I see this has been going on for 3 yrs now, so I'm kinda lagging behind here. But I just did not have the time or energy when I was working! I am blessed to be a homebody now, and am excited to start baking bread. Your recipies look wonderful!! I started my mother 3 days ago, and she has been bubbly since the very beginning. I did notice, though, because I had to transfer to a larger bowl, that there was a lot of liquid at the bottom of my bowl. Is this normal?? Or am I doing something wrong here? Not stirring enough?? I am new to breadmaking ...
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2012 : 06:56:15 AM
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Linda- the liquid is normal- don't worry! As long as she is bubbling and smelling good you are doing everything just fine! Just stir her up before you measure out for any recipes! :)
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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shawneefarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
91 Posts
Linda
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2012 : 07:37:48 AM
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Thanks, Alee! I think I just had an "ah-ha" moment...I went to feed mom this morning, and when I stirred her first, there was a rubbery top layer and then the liquid. Is that the thick crust everyone has been talking about, maybe? I had not been wetting my towel because the top is moist, so do I need to start putting a wet towel on now?
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Ashley
MaryJanesFarm Food Guru
54 Posts
Ashley
Moscow
ID
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Posted - Sep 24 2012 : 1:26:05 PM
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Erin,
We have developed a recipe for gluten-free sourdough mother using just organic white rice flour and distilled water. We use Bob’s Red Mill organic white rice flour http://www.bobsredmill.com/flours-meals/index2.html. The amounts are slightly different than wheat flour because the rice wants to soak up a lot more water. For a rice sourdough mother, start with 2 cups of organic white rice flour and 2 ½ cups of distilled water. Each day add ¼ cup rice flour and 1/3 cup distilled water. In the first few days, you will probably have a layer of water floating on the surface, but once the mother is more active, it will be less noticeable. It takes about the same amount of time to become active as a wheat mother; in 5-7 days it should be bubbly and have a sour smell. For a basic white loaf, combine 2 cups of mother, 2 T milk, 1 T honey, ½ t salt and then mix in 1 cup of rice flour. Shape it into a loaf, cut some slits in the top and cover to let it rise for 4-6 hours. Bake the loaf at 425°F for 25-35 minutes, or until the internal temperature is 195-205°F. To brown the top (optional), brush with ¼ t baking soda mixed with ¼ cup water, and bake for an additional 3 minutes.
Linda,
I am glad to hear that you mother has been happy and bubbly so far. Your mother should have an even consistency throughout, so I would guess that it needs a little extra stirring. Make sure that you are stirring all the way to the bottom and scraping the sides with a wooden spoon. The sourdough mother LOVES air, so the better you stir it, the happier it will be. Also, changing out the bowl is a great way to aerate the mother. I have noticed that changing the bowl 2-3 times a week makes it even more active and bubbly because the pouring back and forth gives it the air that it craves.
Ashley
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JulieJ
Farmgirl in Training
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Julie
In The Trees
MD
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2012 : 04:46:13 AM
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
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MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2012 : 04:52:58 AM
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No big deal. Just feed now. Happy bread baking!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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